RE: Morning Commute $$$$$$$$$$

["Chris Warren" <tofer@mindspring.com>]

ouch~!  was it thrown up by another car?  and if so did ya get the plate?  I
am sorry to hear of your pain!

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Tofer  tofer@mindspring.com <mailto:tofer@mindspring.com>
ICQ # 7958410 ~ AOL Instant Messenger "cwjetta" ~

'97 Jetta GT (several mods)
VW Clubs....  VW & H20 
Seattle Mariner's, N Y Yankee's & U. W. Huskies



~> -----Original Message-----
~> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
~> Of chris collier
~> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 1999 7:19 AM
~> To: Digest, jetta glx; Listserver, gti-vr6
~> Subject: Morning Commute $$$$$$$$$$
~>
~>
~> Dear Lists,
~>
~> Yesterday morning, and what is turning out to be an expensive morning to
~> get to work, a foreign object decided it would like to meet the front
~> end of my car.
~>
~> I am not going to go into the blow-by-blow of what happen, I think that
~> i will go straight to the facts.
~>
~> A piece of "X" came flying off the highway in front of me and hit the
~> front of my car. BIB BIG thud!!!!!!!!!
~>
~> First thought.....................HEADLIGHT!!!!!!!! $$$
~> Second thought.................Front lip of hood $$$$
~> Third thought.....................Just loud,  no damage (fingers crossed
~> at this point)
~>
~> I was going to wait until I was out of traffic to asses the damage.
~> While continuing to drive I noticed the reflection of BOTH of my
~> headlights on the Explorer in front of me.  COOL rule out my first
~> thought.................-$$$
~>
~> As I pulled to the side of the road, I walked around the front of my
~> car, and low and behold, rule out Second Thought (and there was much
~> rejoicing, but wait..............)
~>
~> Rule out Third Thought,(and a hush comes over the crowd)
~>
~> Fourth Thought, which has become the First Realization: worse than any
~> of the previous thoughts.................
~>
~> Piece of "X" hit the front bumper, cracked the paint in several places,
~> gouged the plastic bumper cover, then went through the grill (destroying
~> it), then went through the AC condenser(destroying it), then stopped at
~> the radiator.............................
~>
~> OOPS, the scenario just got worse, quick................
~>
~> So what now was a morning commute, has become very
~> expensive......................
~>
~> Now to my question, does anyone have any experience with replacing the
~> AC condenser core on our cars?
~> Is the AC condenser core on our cars the same as on ALL A3's?
~>
~> I now have to replace my front bumper cover, the front grill, and the AC
~> condenser core
~>
~> Grand Total $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
~>
~> thanks,
~>
~> chris
~> collier@iglou.com
~>